Drug zones work

No wonder we are losing the war on drugs! When Gov. Jon Corzine, a state panel that he appointed, his attorney general and 21 county prosecutors endorse a proposal to shrink the drug-free zones around schools and public buildings, we are doomed to failure. The notion that the change will be more effective is naive and nonsensical. These bright bulbs of the law enforcement community would have us believe that the current zones are not effective and create racial disparities in sentencing. Two years ago, a so-called "blue-ribbon panel" concluded that the current zones did not deter drug sales and that 96 percent of those jailed for drug-free-zone offenses were black or Hispanic.
However, the numbers are proof positive that the program is working and that the vast majority of offenders belong to the minority community. No amount of politically correct propaganda can change those facts and figures, and any attempt to deceive, confuse and convince the people otherwise is a shameful and foolhardy denial of reality.